Did you notice all the 'Christmas in July' events this year? I noticed several, and some were at quilt shops. I have completed my 2nd Halloween quilt for this year. Actually, I made a Halloween quilt top while I was out camping in June/July. That one still needs the backing constructed and the quilt quilted. After that quilt, I made another quilt top out of those scraps and some other scraps in my Halloween Scrap Stash. Say that fast four times. Anyway, I finished the scrappy one and hand-stitched the binding on, so I could enter it in the Western Idaho State Fair. It has been entered. All the quilts will be judged on Wednesday, and then on display when The Fair opens on Friday, August 20. If you understand log-cabin blocks, you will notice that this one is four really big log cabin blocks using varying widths of fabric strips. It is a liberated log-cabin block quilt. Officially: scrappy, wonky, liberated log-cabin Halloween quilt.
I have this overflowing bin of Halloween fabrics, which I have gotten under control. I can actually get the lid onto the bin. That is why I made two Halloween quilts this summer. The previous one, I completed in February and posted a photo at that time. I managed to make that photo look like it was Halloween, but how do I get some spooky fall look in August? I took advantage of the smoke from all the wildfires that are polluting the air in the valley (and all over the place!). My husband and I got up early on Sunday morning and drove out toward Caldwell and found a couple of fields to pose in front of. I had my husband bring his gloves and he was allowed to hold the quilt up with his fingers showing. How liberated of me, to allow such a thing. Anyway, it is kind of a scary pose in the fog (smoke) with some eerie orb in the background (the sun).
